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  Global Summit on Religion Peace and Security Report

  In late November the 3 day “Global Summit on Religion, Peace and Security” was held at the UN in Geneva to address the spread of violent extremism, which manipulates and misuses religion to justify brutal violence against civilians.

  Sunday December 4th, 2016 / Media, Right to religious freedom, Religious Freedom

   
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  Volkmar Klein and Thomas Schirrmacher visit the new Special Advisor for Religious Minorities in the Near East and South/Central Asia in the State Department in Washington

  (Bonn, 18.05.2016) On the occasion of their participation in the 2016 National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, two members of the Central Council o Oriental Christians in Germany (Zentralrat Orientalischer Christen in Deutschland, ZOCD), namely the […]

  Thursday December 1st, 2016 / Human Rights, ProMundis Blog, Right to religious freedom

   
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  Pontifical University: Schirrmacher calls all churches to unite in prayer, research and advocacy in face of exploding discrimination and persecution of Christians

  The International Institute for Religious Freedom is honored by the US Ambassador for International Religious Freedom

  Friday November 25th, 2016 / Human Rights, ProMundis Blog, Right to religious freedom

   

• Fifth Anniversary of “Christian Witness in a Multi-Religious World” celebrated in Rome

  Johnson and Schirrmacher represent World Evangelical Alliance at consultation of the three cooperating institutions (Bonn, 27.06.2016) At the invitation of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue (PCID), on the occasion of the fifth anniversary of […]

  Thursday November 24th, 2016 / Special topics Mission, Special topics ecumenical relations, Special topics theology, ProMundis Blog

   
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  Worldwide Evangelical Alliance informs itself about Conversation between Pope and Russian Patriarch

  The Director of the International Institute for Religious Freedom and Moderator for Ecumenical Relations of the World Evangelical Alliance, Thomas Schirrmacher, together with the Secretary General of the Asian Evangelical Alliance, Dr Richard Howell (New Delhi), informed themselves personally in the Department for Foreign Affairs of the Russian Orthodox Church about the results of the conversation between the Pope and the Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church.

  Wednesday November 23rd, 2016 / Catholic Church, Ecumenism, Orthodox Churches, ProMundis Blog

   
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  The New Ben Hur: “This is Hollywood at its best … sending the best message of all times deep into the heart of a new generation.”

  Thomas Schirrmacher took part in a small preview of the upcoming MGM & Paramount film “Ben Hur” together with the producers Mark Burnett and Roma Downey. Here is his statement: “To outdo the famous chariot […]

  Sunday November 20th, 2016 / Society, Art & Culture, ProMundis Blog, Sonstiges, Theology

   
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  The International President of the ISHR congratulates the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs on being awarded the International Democracy Prize

  Der Präsident des Internationalen Rates der IGFM, Prof. Dr. Thomas Schirrmacher, hat der Hohen Vertreterin der Europäischen Union für Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik, Federica Mogherini, zur Verleihung des Internationalen Demokratiepreises Bonn im Alten Rathaus der Stadt Bonn gratuliert.

  Thursday November 17th, 2016 / EU-parliament, Politics, ProMundis Blog